A Realistic View at 2022: Part III

[Maxbialystock]

We lost 6-5 and 3-1. We had chances to win both, just as the Cubs had chances to win the one they lost.

 

BTW, the Cubs scored some runs on errors, too, including in their 3-1 win in game 2.

 

We outhit the Cubs 11-6 in game one. I think we could say we could have won that one.

 

Sox pitchers gave up 6 hits, 10 BB's, and a WP (by Diekman, to bring in the winning run) in game 1. Cubs pitchers have up 2 BB's and no WP's--and induced two GIDP's (to the Cubs one).

 

Here's a small grabber for game 2 in Chicago. The Cubs were 0 for 9 with RISP and scored 6 runs. They also hit 2 doubles, a triple, and a dinger.

[moonslav59]

Sox pitchers gave up 6 hits, 10 BB's, and a WP (by Diekman, to bring in the winning run) in game 1. Cubs pitchers have up 2 BB's and no WP's--and induced two GIDP's (to the Cubs one).

 

Here's a small grabber for game 2 in Chicago. The Cubs were 0 for 9 with RISP and scored 6 runs. They also hit 2 doubles, a triple, and a dinger.

 

I get why we lost those 2, but we still had a very good chance to win at least 1 of those 2.

 

I'm not saying the Cubs deserved to lose, but their loss in game 3 had as many what ifs as our 2 losses.

[jacksonianmarch]

While the sox have been a tale of two clubs, I am utterly disgusted with the quality of opponents outside the AL East this year. Aside from the Astros, every other team in the Central and the West suck. I know we are getting to the point in the schedule when division play becomes the norm, but I cannot see the sox missing the POs without some level of a tear down. They can almost be left as is and they should stumble to a WC spot.

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

While the sox have been a tale of two clubs, I am utterly disgusted with the quality of opponents outside the AL East this year. Aside from the Astros, every other team in the Central and the West suck. I know we are getting to the point in the schedule when division play becomes the norm, but I cannot see the sox missing the POs without some level of a tear down. They can almost be left as is and they should stumble to a WC spot.

 

If it was the future, and all clubs played a balanced schedule, then I'd agree. But it is more likely that some Central or West team, amidst the suckitude of their own divisions, rises to the level of mediocrity required to pass one of the four decent or better East teams.

[moonslav59]

While the sox have been a tale of two clubs, I am utterly disgusted with the quality of opponents outside the AL East this year. Aside from the Astros, every other team in the Central and the West suck. I know we are getting to the point in the schedule when division play becomes the norm, but I cannot see the sox missing the POs without some level of a tear down. They can almost be left as is and they should stumble to a WC spot.

 

Astros are in the west.

[jacksonianmarch]

Astros are in the west.

 

"Aside from the astros every other team in the Central AND the west suck"

[notin]

Astros are in the west.

 

Which also puts them in the dual division set of the Central and the West.

 

And he is right that the Astros are head and shoulders (and possibly torso) ahead of those other 9 teams…

[JDavis76]

Astros are in the west.

 

That's why he said in the central AND the west. That's today's reading comprehension lesson.

[Maxbialystock]

That's why he said in the central AND the west. That's today's reading comprehension lesson.

 

Meh. To me the bigger point is that jacksonianmarch is broadcasting old news. The AL East has been the beast of the American League almost from the outset this season. The Yankees are a big part of that, but three of the other AL East teams have winning records and the lowly Orioles @ .463 are almost respectable.

 

The one key point jacksonianmarch pounced on not long ago is that the postseason format dampens the Yankees prospects for winning the WS in 2022.

 

Absolutely no question they have been great his year. But last year's WS champs, the Braves, won just 88 games in the regular season.

 

Other 2021 postseason teams included the Rays (100 wins), the Red Sox and Yankees (92 wins each), the White Sox (93 wins), the Astros (95 wins), the Brewers (95 wins), the Cardinals (90 wins), the Giants (107 wins), and the Dodgers (106 wins).

[JDavis76]

Meh. To me the bigger point is that jacksonianmarch is broadcasting old news. The AL East has been the beast of the American League almost from the outset this season. The Yankees are a big part of that, but three of the other AL East teams have winning records and the lowly Orioles @ .463 are almost respectable.

 

The one key point jacksonianmarch pounced on not long ago is that the postseason format dampens the Yankees prospects for winning the WS in 2022.

 

Absolutely no question they have been great his year. But last year's WS champs, the Braves, won just 88 games in the regular season.

 

Other 2021 postseason teams included the Rays (100 wins), the Red Sox and Yankees (92 wins each), the White Sox (93 wins), the Astros (95 wins), the Brewers (95 wins), the Cardinals (90 wins), the Giants (107 wins), and the Dodgers (106 wins).

 

I actually wouldn't be surprised if the astros end up with a better regular season than the Yanks at the end of the year considering the much easier schedule they have.

 

That being said, once you get to the playoffs anything can happen.

[JDavis76]

Meh. To me the bigger point is that jacksonianmarch is broadcasting old news. The AL East has been the beast of the American League almost from the outset this season. The Yankees are a big part of that, but three of the other AL East teams have winning records and the lowly Orioles @ .463 are almost respectable.

 

The one key point jacksonianmarch pounced on not long ago is that the postseason format dampens the Yankees prospects for winning the WS in 2022.

 

Absolutely no question they have been great his year. But last year's WS champs, the Braves, won just 88 games in the regular season.

 

Other 2021 postseason teams included the Rays (100 wins), the Red Sox and Yankees (92 wins each), the White Sox (93 wins), the Astros (95 wins), the Brewers (95 wins), the Cardinals (90 wins), the Giants (107 wins), and the Dodgers (106 wins).

 

But the point of my post was simply to point out how moonslop is always quick to try and pounce on what he percieves as a mistake in his mind.

[Old Red]

But the point of my post was simply to point out how moonslop is always quick to try and pounce on what he percieves as a mistake in his mind.

 

It’s a gift, and a curse.

[Maxbialystock]

But the point of my post was simply to point out how moonslop is always quick to try and pounce on what he percieves as a mistake in his mind.

 

Mistakes must be pounced upon. Did you know you misspelled perceives? You started your sentence with a conjunction.

[moonslav59]

Mistakes must be pounced upon. Did you know you misspelled perceives? You started your sentence with a conjunction.

 

Plus, bad eyesight vs no reading comprehension is not a battle I'd choose to start.

[JDavis76]

Mistakes must be pounced upon. Did you know you misspelled perceives? You started your sentence with a conjunction.

 

That was terrible spelling on my behalf now that I look at it. I usually try to reread before posting. That one slipped by.

[JDavis76]

Plus, bad eyesight vs no reading comprehension is not a battle I'd choose to start.

 

That's rich considering you couldn't comprehend the use of "AND" in the previous post. Go work on another of your ridiculous trade ideas on BTV or whatever it's called.

[jacksonianmarch]

Meh. To me the bigger point is that jacksonianmarch is broadcasting old news. The AL East has been the beast of the American League almost from the outset this season. The Yankees are a big part of that, but three of the other AL East teams have winning records and the lowly Orioles @ .463 are almost respectable.

 

The one key point jacksonianmarch pounced on not long ago is that the postseason format dampens the Yankees prospects for winning the WS in 2022.

 

Absolutely no question they have been great his year. But last year's WS champs, the Braves, won just 88 games in the regular season.

 

Other 2021 postseason teams included the Rays (100 wins), the Red Sox and Yankees (92 wins each), the White Sox (93 wins), the Astros (95 wins), the Brewers (95 wins), the Cardinals (90 wins), the Giants (107 wins), and the Dodgers (106 wins).

 

Oh I disagree big time with that.

 

Adding the third PO team means that the team we’d face in the first round could be down their top 2 starters. Meaning neither will be available for more than one start in round 1. Prior to a 5 gamer, you could theoretically go with 3 starters

 

Ace game 1

#2 game 2

Day off

#3 game 3

Ace on 3 days rest game 4

Day off

#2 starter on full rest game 5

 

Having to survive two games prior to a series really put them in a pickle pitching wise, not to mention the pen being tired from two elimination games

[JDavis76]

It's a veritable ghost town in here after the back to back beatdowns by the devil rays.

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

Imagine having such low self-esteem that you have to post on a rival's forum every day to bust chops, just because your favorite team is having a great regular season, but hasn't even been to a World Series -- much less won twice -- in the last dozen years.

[JDavis76]

Imagine having such low self-esteem that you have to post on a rival's forum every day to bust chops, just because your favorite team is having a great regular season, but hasn't even been to a World Series -- much less won twice -- in the last dozen years.

 

Don't quit your day job, Freud you are not....

[Bellhorn04]

It's a veritable ghost town in here after the back to back beatdowns by the devil rays.

 

Well, there ain't much to say when you get kicked. It's better than a bunch of whining.

[JDavis76]

Well, there ain't much to say when you get kicked. It's better than a bunch of whining.

 

I at least expected a mini novela of moonslop detailing how the sox pitching wasn't really as bad as it was.

[Bellhorn04]

I at least expected a mini novela of moonslop detailing how the sox pitching wasn't really as bad as it was.

 

About half your posts now are about moon.

[JDavis76]

About half your posts now are about moon.

 

I don't keep score. But that may be because he probably accounts for half the posts on this forum.....

[Bellhorn04]

I don't keep score. But that may be because he probably accounts for half the posts on this forum.....

 

It's starting to seem like you're obsessed with him.

[Maxbialystock]

Oh I disagree big time with that.

 

Adding the third PO team means that the team we’d face in the first round could be down their top 2 starters. Meaning neither will be available for more than one start in round 1. Prior to a 5 gamer, you could theoretically go with 3 starters

 

Ace game 1

#2 game 2

Day off

#3 game 3

Ace on 3 days rest game 4

Day off

#2 starter on full rest game 5

 

Having to survive two games prior to a series really put them in a pickle pitching wise, not to mention the pen being tired from two elimination games

 

Excellent analysis. But, why then, did you give Yankees just a 25-30% chance of winning the WS this year? I was the one, a week or two ago, who said it had to be 50% despite the plethora of teams.

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

Well, there ain't much to say when you get kicked. It's better than a bunch of whining.

 

Most Red Sox fans on this Red Sox forum acknowledge this version of our favorite club is full of flaws: aging, injury-prone starters, thin bullpen, bats with holes in them in the line-up. There's no need for a front-runner who roots for our rivals to point these things out -- and not show up here during the Wild Card game when your half-billion-dollar starter is getting lit up and your MVP is getting thrown out at the plate.

 

The fact that these incomplete Sox are in a playoff hunt should maybe give pause to humble fans of the greatest team in the history of this year so busy fitting their middle fingers for rings. Beating up on the mediocrity and suckitude of the 2022 AL may not be much to brag about nor such good preparation for the actual contenders you'll inevitably face in the postseason.

[JDavis76]

It's starting to seem like you're obsessed with him.

 

He amuses me

[JDavis76]

Most Red Sox fans on this Red Sox forum acknowledge this version of our favorite club is full of flaws: aging, injury-prone starters, thin bullpen, bats with holes in them in the line-up. There's no need for a front-runner who roots for our rivals to point these things out -- and not show up here during the Wild Card game when your half-billion-dollar starter is getting lit up and your MVP is getting thrown out at the plate.

 

The fact that these incomplete Sox are in a playoff hunt should maybe give pause to humble fans of the greatest team in the history of this year so busy fitting their middle fingers for rings. Beating up on the mediocrity and suckitude of the 2022 AL may not be much to brag about nor such good preparation for the actual contenders you'll inevitably face in the postseason.

 

Well, genius, I know you're not the brightest candle on the cake but I wasn't a member of this site till April of this year.....

[Bellhorn04]

He amuses me

 

OK moonstalker.